St. Paul mayor ‘livid’ ICE wrongfully targeted family friend
ChongLy Scott Thao was taken by federal agents from his St. Paul home in the frigid cold only wearing boxers and Crocs.
January 19, 2026
St. Paul writer Sam Tschida knows about spies, clogged toilets and smut
Local fiction: Her latest, about a mom who becomes a spy, is “Gabby Greene Knows Whodunit.”
January 19, 2026
Activists interrupt Sunday church service, say pastor works for ICE
Activists, including some from Black Lives Matter Minnesota, attended the service at Cities Church in St. Paul and chanted, “Justice for Renee Good.”
January 19, 2026
How the arrival of thousands of federal agents has shaken Minnesota
Here’s every major development since Operation Metro Surge intensified in early January.
January 16, 2026
Attendance drops at Minnesota schools as federal immigration enforcement intensifies anxieties
More Twin Cities schools are offering online learning as worry rises over the surge in ICE activity, especially after a parent was detained at their child’s schoolbus stop Wednesday in Crystal.
January 15, 2026
St. Paul’s historic Justus Ramsey House is under reconstruction
Three years after the old stone structure was removed from West Seventh, preservationists are piecing it back together.
January 15, 2026
‘Never seen anything like this’: ICE delving deep into Minnesota workplaces
Immigration lawyers say ICE is focusing on smaller employers in workplace enforcement under President Donald Trump’s second term.
January 15, 2026
MN lawmaker wants to outlaw federal agents’ face coverings statewide. St. Paul mulls its own rules.
The bill’s author acknowledges the measure will likely not make federal agents show their faces, but hopes local police take note of the problems masks cause.
January 14, 2026
Homeland Security presence in Minnesota dwarfs Twin Cities’ largest police forces
If 3,000 federal agents land in Minnesota, their footprint will be bigger than the 10 largest metro police departments combined.
January 13, 2026
St. Paul’s Meritage to spin off a steak frites restaurant
Chef Russell Klein hopes to take one of his most popular menu items to the suburbs as a standalone restaurant.
January 12, 2026
Parents stand watch for ICE outside Minnesota schools
Some Twin Cities schools are responding to rumors about ICE agents on school properties.
January 10, 2026
Nonprofit gains control of another downtown St. Paul building, U.S. Bank Center
The St. Paul Downtown Development Corporation, an offshoot of the nonprofit St. Paul Downtown Alliance, owns three other properties formerly belonging to troubled Madison Equities.
January 9, 2026
